# Incident 20000311002329I: Boeing 737222, Pittsburgh, PA, March 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2000, 08:25 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N603DJ-2001-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,980 total, 1,280 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000311002329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MARCH 11, 2000, AT 0825E, A B-737 REGISTERED AS NO3DJ, AND OPERATING AS P2EA (VANGUARD) FLIGHT 701 WAS ON APPROACH TO "PIT" WHEN THEY REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFTLANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS TOWED TO THE GATE.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY TO BE EMPTY AND A HYDRAULIC RETURN LINE BROKEN.  THEY REPLACED THE LINE WITH A TEMPORARY FLEX LINE AND ENTERED IT AS A WATCH ITEM #W603716.  LINE TO BE REPLACED WITH A PERMANT PART AT A LATER DATE.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  INVESTIGATION BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N603DJ (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000510016379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000510016379I), May 10, 2000: Boeing 737222 (N603DJ), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23)On may 10, 2000, at 1737E, a Boeing 737, s/n 19955, registered as N603DJ and operating as vaguard airlines (P2EA) flight 732, was on approach to landing…
- [Incident 19990922032209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990922032209I), Sep 22, 1999: Boeing 737222 (N603DJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) Nose gear failed to retract after take off. Emergency equipment was notified but not on standby. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed without incident and…
- [Incident 19981110039619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981110039619I), Nov 10, 1998: Boeing 737222 (N603DJ), Minneapolis, MN. (-5) On 11/10/98 at msp airport, vangard flt 418 departed for chicago midway airport. Upon climb out at approximately 30 miles out the pilot declared an…
- [Incident 19981029039399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981029039399I), Oct 29, 1998: Boeing 737222 (N603DJ), Moline, IL. (-5) On October 29, 1998, the crew of a vanguard airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency landing at Quad citiies airport due to smoke in the cockpit. Preliminary…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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